If confirmed by the Senate, I will continue the aggressive implementation of our National Defense Strategy, i remain committed to modernizing the force so our remarkable Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines have everything they need to keep our military lethal and our country safe.

Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan

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What we're looking at is: Are there things that we can do to enhance force protection in the Middle East? it may involve sending additional troops.

Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan

I got up this morning and read that we were sending 10,000 troops to the Middle East, and then I read more recently that there was 5,0000, there is no 10,000 and there is no 5,000.

Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan

I won't be reprogramming any more money for the border wall, there was a billion and a half dollars that was reprogrammed, some of it did come from money we are underrunning or saving or whatever terminology Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan want to use from Afghanistan. But we have very smart people here in Defense Department and we found ways to do this without having any impact on readiness.

Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan

As you can tell, there are real world events that happen every day, so you have to spin a lot of plates.

Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan

We're going to criminalize certain activities in this next year to reflect the seriousness that we're going to take on certain behaviors.

Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan